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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For CH2F (fluoromethyl radical)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000336 -0.003402 -0.003402 -0.002245 -0.006663 -0.007019 -0.007491 -0.036933 -0.037238 -0.011273 -0.044878 -0.033715 -0.004416 -0.027664 -0.058861 -0.005108 -0.031191 -0.059768
MP3=FULL         -0.006443   -0.021465       -0.046209 -0.034859 -0.004131 -0.027997        
MP4=FULL   -0.003201     -0.006495       -0.038293   -0.046392   -0.004130 -0.028088   -0.004820 -0.031876  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000102 -0.001003 -0.001003 -0.000663 -0.001960 -0.002062 -0.002196 -0.010453 -0.010547 -0.003269 -0.012757 -0.009557 -0.001294 -0.007966   -0.001500 -0.008962  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006455           -0.046350   -0.004100 -0.028042   -0.004784 -0.031828  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006452   -0.007273       -0.046361   -0.004096 -0.028051   -0.004780    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006389         -0.011004 -0.046006 -0.034805 -0.004052 -0.027816 -0.060453 -0.004730 -0.031594  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006456           -0.046350 -0.034966 -0.004100 -0.028046 -0.060929 -0.004785 -0.031834 -0.061876
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ